William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Performances: June 2014
Show dates (June 2014):
ALL PERFORMANCES: TICKETS £6 (FULL) OR £5 (CONCS) __________________________________________ PERFORMANCE DATES/VENUES: Friday June 6th 2014 - 7pm: The Palace Theatre, Paignton (7 PM, tickets can be booked by calling the theatre box office on 01803 665800) Venue Address: Palace Ave, Paignton TQ3 3HF Palace Theatre Website: www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/ Saturday June 7th 2014 - 2pm and 7pm, The Methodist Church Hall, Fore Street, Brixham (tickets can be reserved by calling 07855 090589) Venue address: Fore Street, Brixham, TQ5 8DS Sunday June 8th 2014, 2.30pm, St Matthias Church Hall, Wellswood, Torquay, (tickets can be reserved by calling 07855 090589) Venue Address Babbacombe Rd, Wellswood, Torquay TQ1 1HW Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428569630720309/ Show Posters- click for larger images.
Cast promo photos (click for larger images)
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ABOUT:
Written by William Shakespeare, and directed by Miss Laura J, the writer and director of our recent smash hit Les Miserables The Memoirs of Jean Valjean, this is a full-length, original language adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, set in 1860s Brixham, in a conflict between two families, the Capulets of Higher Brixham (Cowtown) and the Montagues of Lower Brixham (Fishtown). Performed by all-local actors, with an award-winning Torbay theatre company, this promises to be a thrilling production, bringing to life a classic of British theatre- set in the local area. For centuries, Brixham has been a busy fishing port on the Southwest coast of England, and in the 19th Century, when we have set our production, it was the busiest fishing port in the UK.
At one time, so local legend tells, there was a rivalry between the families of "Lower Brixham" around the harbour, (during which time that area of the town was known as "Fishtown") and the farming families of Upper Brixham, literally up the hills towards Kingswear and Churston, which area was known as "Cowtown". As far as we can ascertain, the historical rivalry extended to some brawls, and the fishermen and farmers using separate entrances to St Marys Church. Brixham inner harbour
Image courtesy Brixham Heritage Museum In our adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, the tale turns more deadly, with the Capulets controlling "Cowtown" and the Montagues "Fishtown". Verona becomes Brixham, but almost nothing else needed changing.
An amazing cast of new and established performers have worked tirelessly to create this production. In a new departure, for us, the show is being performed against projected Victorian images of Brixham, from the Museum. Rehearsal photos slideshow:
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